AudioMedia - March 2009 - (Page 20) Special Report Close Your Eyes, it’s Not Just Imagination – it’s Thriller MOJO WORKING braves the midnight hour, and under the moonlight steels its nerves to peek (between fingers) at the production of one of Michael Jackson’s biggest hits, Thriller. wenty-five years ago Michael Jackson’s Thriller album won a record-breaking number of Grammy Awards and, according to a Time magazine article in March , single -handedly restored confidence in the record industry. Thriller picked up seven Grammy Awards in , with an additional, unrelated award in the Best Children’s Recording category, for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, bringing T Jackson’s haul to eight, a figure unrivalled by any single artist until Carlos Santana equalled it in . H itting The H ighs With the record industry having slumped from a high point in the late ‘ s under the impact of independent label punk and synthesiser music, Time magazine called Jackson “a one-man rescue team for the music business.” selling album of all time – a position At that time, Thriller had been that it retains. The Guinness Book lodged at the top of the US album of World Records credits Thriller charts for with million copies, weeks, selling one “Swedien had hoped and there is conjecture million copies a that it may have sold as to encourage his Great many as million. week worldwide, Thriller also rede according to Epic Dane, Max, to perform fined the number of Records, and on the title track. singles that could be was on its way to becoming the best“We had a small farm in spun off an album. Of the nine tracks, seven California and we took became singles, with all of them charting in the Max out by the barn at Top 10 and two of them night to listen to the reaching the top slot in the US, with similar coyotes and see if that success worldwide. would inspire him, but it didn’t. We ended up having Michael do all the wolf howls.”” Much of the success o f Thriller c a n b e attributed to Producer Quincy Jones, a musician, Arranger, and Producer who is also no stranger to the Recording Academy, having won more Grammy Awards – – than anyone alive. According to Successful Attributes A Legend In His Own Time D irk Brauner has been perfecting the art of microphones for over a decade. Hand crafted in Germany with a passion, it’s no wonder Brauner mics are coveted by the world’s most famous studios and producers. For artists that deserve the best, Brauner is the only choice. Now Brauner offers a range of mics to suit a wide variety of budgets, all with the legendary sound that has made Brauner a name synonymous with quality. “ Never before did I come across a microphone of this caliber. The VMA is the best microphone I have ever worked with. “ Elliot Scheiner : Steely Dan, Toto, Van Morrison, Fleetwood Mac, Sting, “ I got a call from a friend of mine who was working on a Janet Jackson mix that we had recorded vocals on and the producer, Rodney Jerkins, kept asking about the vocal sound, what mic we used, if it was a vintage mic. I had to smile when I told him it was not a vintage mic but a Brauner VMA! I LOVE my mic! “ John Horesco IV: Jermaine Dupri, Janet Jackson, Usher, Mariah Carey, Try Brauner @ In the UK: The Home Service T: 020 8943 4949 E: sales@louisaustin.com T: 020 8445 2446 theartofmicrophones.com http://www.theartofmicrophones.com
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